· November, 2006

Stories about Japan from November, 2006

Japan: birthrate

  10 November 2006

Alexpappas in Japundit discusses about the situation of falling birthrate in Japan, a simple solution is to open up immigration.

Japan: G-pod

  9 November 2006

Gpod is a Japanese Patented device, linking to i-pod for controlling the vibrator's rhythmn according to the i-pod music. JP in Japundit reports that the Japanese company has gained its fame as Apple is trying to stop the name by legal means.

South Korea: who are US allies?

  6 November 2006

Robert Koehler comments on a commentary by Philadelphia Inquirer columnist which was viewed by Korean media a “naked expression of anti-Korean sentiment”. In the article, the columnist called Japan and Taiwan US’ real allies.

Bangladesh: Long hours in Tokyo

  6 November 2006

Even as people from South Asia send remittances back home, Drishtipat talks of the wave in the 80s when the promise of money had people from Bangladesh going abroad. “He told us how he’d gone to Shobuj and Maroof’s flat and found 7 men sleeping in 2 small rooms. He...

Japan: watching old movie

  6 November 2006

K.M Lawson at Japan History Group Blog writes a commentary on an old Japanese movie (1975) called Shōrinji Kempō (English title: The Killing Machine). The blogger read into the historical details and the perception of international relation in the movie.

Malaysia: Remembering Japanese Occupation

  3 November 2006

Ooi Boon-Leong remembers life as a young kid in Malaysia during the World War 2 Japanese occupation. “We were disturbed by the Japanese only once when they came in trucks. We heard the rumbling of their trucks when they went over a bridge which they had to cross to reach...

Japan: Dolphin meat

  3 November 2006

Kaishin in Japundit blogs about the recent discussion about dolphin hunting in Japan. Health specialists pointed out that bottlenose dolphin meat contains high quantities of mythril mercury, a dangerous toxic form of mercury, that may cause various ailments as brain or nerve damage. Lee in Tokyo Times also discusses about...

Japan: school bullying

  1 November 2006

The school bullying in Japan becomes a social problem related with racial discrimination. Debito reports on a recent court case disclosing the details of a nasty bullying of a third-grade female student who has a Chinese father.

China and Japan: history in travel guide

  1 November 2006

K.M Lawson in China history group blog looks into the most popular Japanese travel guide to China and studies the historical information there. Part of the history is missing.